DEFCON 16: Hacking OpenVMS

Speakers:
Christer Öberg, Security Researcher
Claes Nyberg, Security Researcher
James Tusini, Security Researcher

OpenVMS is considered a highly secure and reliable operating system relied upon by large enterprises around the globe such as Stock Exchanges, Governments and Infrastructure for critical operations. Our talk will focus on subverting the security of the OpenVMS operating system in a number of new and creative ways. There will be an initial brief introduction to the OS basics, security model and its core features. We will also talk about things we perceive as flaws in the security model and weaknesses in the security features provided by OpenVMS. There will also be a practical demonstration of the 0day vulnerabilities found, ranging from logical to memory corruption bugs, along with discussion on how these were found and exploited and obstacles encountered in the process.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• operating
• security
• openvms

[MrShayneOneill]

I remember my grandfather, a vax guy in the 70s and 80s telling me that the VAX was never going to be hacked because the passwords where so secure. The funny thing was , by 1980s standards, he wasnt too far out. Plus at that point in history there was really no such thing as internet, and any access to the system was via a phone and some sort of DECNET gateway thing. Despite it all, I think if that old girl was put on the net now, she'd still hold up well simply due to the "wtf" factor.